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The Metropolitan Opera

Washington National Opera (The Kennedy Center)

Stage director

Michael Mayer

Set designer

Set designer (+1)

Mimi Lien

Costume designer

Tom Broecker

Lighting designer

Kevin Adams

Video

Set designer (+2)

Jason H Thompson

Kaitlyn Pietras

Sound designer

Palmer Hefferan

Choreographer

Choreographer (+2)

David Neumann

Dramaturge

Paul Cremo

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Emily D'Angelo

Jess

Tenor (+2)

Ben Bliss

Eric

Baritone (+3)

Kyle Miller

Sensor

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Bass-baritone (+2)

Greer Grimsley

Commander

Soprano

Ellie Dehn

Also Jess

Metropolitan Opera House

Bass (+3)

Matthew Anchel

Kill Chain: Judge Advocate General

Chorusmaster

Chorusmaster (+2)

Tilman Michael

Tenor

Christopher Bozeka

Kill Chain: Mission Coordinator

Thomas J Capobianco

Kill Chain: Ground Control

Bass-baritone (+3)

Paul Corona

Kill Chain: Joint Terminal Attack Controller

Bass-baritone (+6)

Christopher Job

Kill Chain: Safety Observer

Child vocalist

Lucy LoBue

Timothy Murray

Seatwarmer

Conductor

Conductor (+3)

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Conductor (+2)

Steven Osgood

Two-time Tony Award–winning composer Jeanine Tesori’s powerful new opera Grounded, commissioned by the Met and based on librettist George Brant’s acclaimed play, wrestles with the ethical quandaries and psychological toll of 21st-century warfare. Mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo, one of opera’s most compelling young stars, portrays Jess, a hot-shot fighter pilot whose unplanned pregnancy takes her out of the cockpit and lands her in Las Vegas, operating a Reaper drone halfway around the world. As she struggles to adjust to this new way of doing battle, she fights to maintain her sanity, and her soul, as she is called to rain down death by remote control. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin oversees the Met premiere of Tesori’s kaleidoscopic score and a cast that also features tenor Ben Bliss as the Wyoming rancher who becomes Jess’s husband. Michael Mayer’s high-tech staging, using a vast array of LED screens, presents a variety of perspectives on the action, including the drone’s predatory view from high above.

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